Lula Da Silva spoke this Sunday evening after having consecrated himself as president-elect of Brazil, in a second round which was decided vote by vote. The PT candidate claimed his victory was “a resurrection process in Brazilian politics” and said: “They tried to bury me alive and here I am.”
“I want to thank the people who went to the polls,” said the left-wing leader, who will take up his third term on January 1. after defeating current president Jair Bolsonaro.
without mentioning it directly, he dedicated strong criticism of his rival. “We are not facing a candidate, we are facing the Brazilian state machine placed at the service of the situational candidate of the government to try to prevent us from winning the elections, “he accused.
In the first message after he made himself the next president of the neighboring country, he congratulated the people who voted for him and referred to his years out of the presidency, where he had to face a judicial process that sent him to jail.
“I consider myself a citizen who has had a resurrection process in Brazilian politics because they tried to bury me alive and here I am”, Lula said.
Escorted by his main leaders, he promised to “find a way out” so that Brazil can return “to live democratically in a harmonious way”.
“I am here to govern this country in a very difficult situation, but with the help of the people we will be able to find a way out so that this country can return to live democratically in a harmonious way and that we can also re-establish peace so that we can build the world we need in Brazil, “stressed Lula.
The leader who will hold the presidency of Brazil for the third time, felt that he had reached the end of the “most important” elections in Brazilian history and called it “an election that pitted two opposing countries’ projects against each other”, even if he rejected the idea that there are “two Brazil”, due to the obvious polarization.
“From 1 January I will govern 215 million Brazilians and not only for those who voted for me, there are no two Brazilians, we are a unique country, a unique city and a great nation, ”said Da Silva.
In economic matters, Lula promised this to the Brazilians “The wheel of the economy will turn again”.
He also referred to gender policies. He said he “will strengthen policies against violence against women”. “I’ll make sure they earn the same salary as men in the exercise of the same task “, he remarked.
Lula Da Silva: “The world misses Brazil”
“The world misses Brazil”, assured Lula in another passage of his winning speech. He stated that in his travels abroad he noticed that “the world misses Brazil, Brazil that spoke on an equal footing with other countries”.
“I believe the main problems of Brazil and the world it is resolved with dialogue and not with brute force“said the president-elect, contrary to Bolsonaro’s style.
And he added: “I want to tell the world Brazil is back“.” The challenge is immense, “he concluded.
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Source: Clarin
